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A controlled trial of team-based learning in an ambulatory medicine clerkship for medical students.
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PMID:  21240780     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Data-Review    
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Background: Team-based learning (TBL) has been studied in several preclinical settings, but there is less evidence for its effectiveness in clinical curricula. Purpose: We compared the impact of TBL versus usual small group lecture (SGL) on knowledge objectives in a clinical clerkship. Methods: We used an unblinded crossover design with 112 students rotating through the Ambulatory Medicine clerkship. In each rotation of the clerkship, 3 clinical topics were taught as SGL and 3 as TBL. We compared performance on the knowledge examination for those items taught with TBL and those with SGL. Results: Performance by students taught by TBL was higher than those taught by SGL in each topic, except Hypertension. The average effect size of the six measures was 0.51. Conclusions: TBL appears to be a more effective method than the usual small group lecture in achievement of knowledge objectives for clinical clerkship students.
Authors:
Patricia A Thomas; Craig W Bowen
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Teaching and learning in medicine     Volume:  23     ISSN:  1532-8015     ISO Abbreviation:  Teach Learn Med     Publication Date:  2011 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-01-17     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8910884     Medline TA:  Teach Learn Med     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  31-6     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
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